Wednesday, August 29, 2007

A smokey NY observation

I am not sure if there are any statistics to support this, but I am struck by how many working women in midtown smoke cigarettes. My sample size is small-- those people who walk with me from the 6 train in the morning and back to the E train with me in the evening--but the conclusion is unmistakable...tons of women are lighting up--YUCK!

Why is this? Is it that more women work in the few blocks around me? Unlikely. Is it that midtown jobs are stressful? Perhaps, but then why aren't men lighting up too?

The Department of Health released a study recently, which said that 17.5% of New Yorkers smoke and more men than women light up. Perhaps that is true overall, but something funny is happening on 3rd Ave.